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, SHIRT. No. 273,168. Patented Feb.-27, 1883.

hwzesses UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH B. SEE, OF POUGHKEEPSIE, NEW YORK.

SHIRT;

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 273,168, dated February 2'7, 1883.

Application filed May 31, 1880.

. nected with the shirt-body should be narrow,

in order that the shirt-body may readily adjust itself to the body and movements of the wearer without crumpling the bosom. This object has been attained by leaving the whole bosom 'loose from the body, except the upper half of the central row of plaiting; but this construction allows the bosom so much freedom of motion that unless very stiffly starched it soon becomes displaced and works up. The said objecthas also been'attained by attaching the bosom to the body by a line of stitching at about an inch from its edge, leaving afree edge, and narrowing the upper portion of the bosom so that it runs into and is secured in the neckband at a point below the yoke-seam; but in this case, the bosom being narrower at the top, its free edge is apt to slip over the edge of and be exposed outside a low-cut dressvest, when one is worn, causing great annoyance, and as the bosom is composed of several thicknesses, its free edge, when starched stiff, is apt to and will soon cut the neckband and cause it to tear apart.

The object of my invention is to provide a shirt in which the bosom has a free or raised edge, but in which the above-enumerated defects are obviated; and to this end it consists in the combination, with the body and neckband of a shirt, of a bosom the top of which is as wide as the portion below it, and which is secured to the body by a line of stitching which extends alongeach side atalittle distance from the edge, and runs into the yoke-seam upon each side of and beyond the neckband, so as to leave a free or raised edge, which is secured at the top ofthe bosom in the yokeseams. I i

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective View of a shirt embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 represents a transverse section upon the dotted line a0 at,

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Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 represents a partial section upon the dotted line y y, Fig. 1, showing the manner of securing the top ofthe bosom in the yoke-seam.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures.

A designates the body of the shirt, which is of ordinary or other shape and construction, and B designates the bosom thereof. The bosom, as clearly shown in Fig. 1, is secured to the body by a line, a, of stitching along the sides, and preferably also the bottom of the bosom, at a distance from the edge, thus leaving a free or raised edge. (Shown also clearly in Fig. 2.) As here shown, central lines, I), of stiching are employed for securing the bosom to the body; butthese may be dispensed with. The bosom may or may not be lined, according to the desire of the maker, and the body may be cut away inside the line 66 of stitching or left intact under the whole extent of the bosom, as here represented. The bosom, as clearlyshown in Fig. 1, is of nearly uniform width entirely to the top, and its raised or free edge runs into and is secured in the yokeseam at c, at each side of and beyond the neckband C. This permits the bosom to be of full width entirely to the top thereof, so thatwhcn an open dress-vest is worn the muslin body of the shirt will not show, and it also provides for securing a shirt-bosom along its entire upper edge without contracting the width thereof. When the raised or free edge is left at the bottom, the said edge may project over the waistband of the trousers when the wearer stoops, and therefore avoid breakingthe bosom; and it is also obvious that when the part attached to the shirt is much smaller in area than the whole bosom the bosom will much more readily adapt itself to the body of the wearer.

I am aware that it is old to secure a bosom to the body of a shirt by a line of stitching at a little distance from the edge, so as to leave a free or raised edge and to narrow the bosom at the top and attach it to the neckband at a point below the yoke-seams, and therefore I do not claim this as my invention. a

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination, with the body A and neckband O of a shirt, of a bosom, B, composed ofalinen front and 2t lining, the top of which is as wide as the portion below it, and which has both the front and lining secured to the front of the body by a line of stitching, a, which extends along each side and around the bottom at 2L little distance from the edge, and runs into the yoke-seam upon each side of and beyond the neckband, so as to leave a {0 free or raised edge, which is secured at the top of the bosom in the yoke-seams cupon each side of and beyond the neckb'and, substantially as herein described.

JOS. B. SEE. Witnesses STEPHEN G. FERRISS, FREDK. HAYNES. 

